Welcome to The Dragons Den for the match between The Dublin Dragons and Honky Tonkers.

We can tell you that The Dublin Dragons won the toss and elected to field. The pitch is looking slow and low. Tough for everyone. Could be a low scoring match on this sunny day. Lets join our team for ball-by-ball commentary.

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Mccleland to Prinsloo Dead straight drive, races away for four. Mccleland to Prinsloo That should have been put away, he looks disappointed after that poor shot. Mccleland to Oconnell Oconnell sweeps that round the corner and it runs down to the man at fine leg for

a single. End of Over 7: 52-1, runrate=7.43 Grant 2-0-15-0 Oconnell* 16 (12 balls) Prinsloo 18 (17 balls) Last Wicket: Jeffrey lbw b. Choles 16 (FOW: 19/1) 6.6 1 Grant to Oconnell Well defended by Oconnell, and they scamper through to steal a single. Great running by this pair. 6.5 2 Grant to Oconnell Oconnell just chipped the ball into the off side and will pick up two runs. 6.4 b1 Grant to Prinsloo Outside off, Prinsloo pushes at it and is beaten. The ball bounces before it reaches Crane and bobbles past him allowing the batsmen to steal a bye. 6.3 1 Grant to Oconnell Half-volley well outside the off stump. Oconnell creams it past cover but finds the sweeper. 6.2 1 Grant to Prinsloo They had to run quickly, a direct hit would have got him. 6.1 1 Grant to Oconnell Played into the off side for a single. We have been lucky with the weather again. I cannot remember when we last lost any play to rain. End of Over 6: 45-1, runrate=7.50 Shamshad 3-0-24-0 Oconnell* 11 (8 balls) Prinsloo 17 (15 balls) Last Wicket: Jeffrey lbw b. Choles 16 (FOW: 19/1) 5.6 1 Shamshad to Oconnell Oconnell keeps the scoreboard ticking over. 5.5 3 Shamshad to Prinsloo Shamshad gifts Prinsloo and he accepts it gleefully, smacking it off the back foot through cover point. It won't quite reach the boundary, but it's a comfortable three. 5.4 4 Shamshad to Prinsloo Prinsloo rocks onto the back foot and gloriously drives Shamshad through extra cover for a boundary. 5.3 b1 Shamshad to Oconnell Shamshad comes in. Oconnell leaves that one but it's bounced just in front of Crane and he's fumbled. The batsmen scamper through for an easy run. 5.2 . Shamshad to Oconnell

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Short ball on off stump, forced straight up to mid on from the crease. Shamshad to Prinsloo Prinsloo nurdles that one down to fine leg for one.

End of Over 5: 35-1, runrate=7.00 Grant 1-0-9-0 Prinsloo* 9 (12 balls) Oconnell 10 (5 balls) Last Wicket: Jeffrey lbw b. Choles 16 (FOW: 19/1) 4.6 2 Grant to Oconnell Two runs, well placed by Oconnell, right between two fielders, but not quite timed, so it won't reach the boundary. Wilkinson fields well, keeping it down to two. 4.5 6 Grant to Oconnell An early birthday present for Oconnell. What looked like a relatively simple catch in the deep has been fumbled by Thorp, and the ball has gone over the rope for six runs. 4.4 . Grant to Oconnell A gentle outswinger left alone by Oconnell. 4.3 1 Grant to Prinsloo Great bowling, great shot, but great fielding restricts Prinsloo to one run. Who says cricket isn't great? 4.2 . Grant to Prinsloo Blocked straight back to the bowler by Prinsloo. Whitehouse is enjoying a refreshing fruit juice drink down at long on. Hang on fella, that looks a little different from the pineapple juice I had yesterday. 4.1 . Grant to Prinsloo A question from young John Hartman, 'Who has made the most runs for the home team in one day games?' Well John the answer is on the club's homepage, and interesting reading it makes too. End of Over 4: 26-1, runrate=6.50 Shamshad 2-0-15-0 Prinsloo* 8 (9 balls) Oconnell 2 (2 balls) Last Wicket: Jeffrey lbw b. Choles 16 (FOW: 19/1) 3.6 1 Shamshad to Prinsloo Hartman feigns to shy at the non-striker's end, but Prinsloo makes his ground comfortably. 3.5 2 Shamshad to Prinsloo Nothing ball from Shamshad is swatted into the deep for a couple of runs. 3.4 1 Shamshad to Oconnell Swept round the corner for a single. 3.3 1 Shamshad to Prinsloo Nice little nudge down the leg side from Prinsloo. 3.2 1 Shamshad to Oconnell Shuffles and works it to midwicket for a single. 3.1 1 Shamshad to Prinsloo Shamshad bowls outside the off stump and Prinsloo just guides it down to third man. End of Over 3: 19-1, runrate=6.33 Choles 2-0-11-1 Prinsloo* 3 (5 balls) Oconnell 0 (0 balls) Last Wicket: Jeffrey lbw b. Choles 16 (FOW: 19/1) 2.6 W Choles to Jeffrey

The LBW curse strikes as a straight Choles delivery keeps low, striking Jeffrey on the knee roll in front of middle stump. A simple decision for the umpire and Jeffrey's innings comes to an end. 2.5 4 Choles to Jeffrey Jeffrey pushes out at Choles's in-dipper, gets a skinny inside edge and looks back in disbelief as the ball appears to pass clean through his timbers on the way to the fine leg fence. A pirate and a Roman look perplexed in the crowd. 2.4 4 Choles to Jeffrey Nicely worked around the legs to a vacant deep fine leg boundary. 2.3 . Choles to Jeffrey That one has swung a long way but it's somehow missed everything and gone through to Crane. 2.2 . Choles to Jeffrey Choles forces Jeffrey onto the back foot with a shortish delivery but the batsman responds well, playing the ball back down the track with a straight bat. 2.1 . Choles to Jeffrey Nice straight bat. End of Over 2: 11-0, runrate=5.50 Shamshad 1-0-8-0 Jeffrey* 8 (7 balls) Prinsloo 3 (5 balls) 1.6 . Shamshad to Prinsloo Short ball on off stump, tapped down into the covers in defence. 1.5 1 Shamshad to Jeffrey Opened the face of the bat, third man running in to field. 1.4 4 Shamshad to Jeffrey "Death," Plato said, "is not the worst that can happen to men." Mccleland would agree with that right now after letting the ball run tamely between his legs and down to the boundary. The chants directed at him from the crowd are unrepeatable. 1.3 2 Shamshad to Jeffrey Oh, that's bowling to Jeffrey's strength. Anything on the leg side, he can just flick down to fine leg for an easy couple. 1.2 . Shamshad to Jeffrey Shamshad tried to fox him with the arm ball there. Played with soft hands and little drama however. 1.1 1 Shamshad to Prinsloo Flighted up very full and straight, Prinsloo paddles it around the corner for an easy single, Crane goes after it from behind the stumps. End of Over 1: 3-0, runrate=3.00 Choles 1-0-3-0 Prinsloo* 2 (3 balls) Jeffrey 1 (3 balls) 0.6 1 Choles to Prinsloo Prinsloo just picks one through the gap. Sensible cricket. 0.5 . Choles to Prinsloo On the front foot, gently stroked back to the extra cover region, Topham fielding. 0.4 1 Choles to Jeffrey Jeffrey nudges cautiously to straightish midwicket for one. 0.3 . Choles to Jeffrey That one seamed away nicely. Too good for Jeffrey. 0.2 . Choles to Jeffrey Nice straight bowling there from Choles. He didn't give Jeffrey any room to get a shot away.

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Choles to Prinsloo Driven wide of cover and they trot through for a gentle single.